This argument at first appears to be localist, since it's modeled after the localist argument that if you don't like local mores and laws, you can always move. |
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That's right, though the Founding Fathers were always worried about localist emotions taking over a political process that they believed should be rational-legal. |
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It is important to distinguish between the universalist and localist conceptions of the empire, which remain controversial among historians. |
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We believe to this day that that was the more appropriate way to proceed, rather than the top-down Leninism practised by a Government who profess to be localist. |
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